Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning by Ringbom, Håkan

Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781853599347)

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Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning by Ringbom, Håkan

Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning

$27.95
Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning by Ringbom, Håkan

Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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This book explores the importance of cross-linguistic similarity in foreign language learning. Similarities can be perceived in the form of simplified one-to-one relationships or merely assumed. The book outlines the different roles of L1 transfer on comprehension and on production, and on close and distant target languages.



Author: H虧an Ringbom
ISBN-10: 1853599344
ISBN-13: 9781853599347
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2006
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.40d

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Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 227
By H虧an Ringbom
By H虧an Ringbom
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H虧an Ringbom is Emeritus Professor of English at ﾅbo Akademi University, Turku/ﾅbo, Finland. His published monographs include a study of the narrative technique of Beowulf and Lawman's Brut, a stylistic study of George Orwell's essays and his 1987 study of the role of the first language in foreign language learning. He has also published some 50 articles in the fields of second language acquisition, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, contrastive analysis and stylistics.

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